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Posted to dev@spark.apache.org by Guna Prasaad <gu...@gmail.com> on 2015/10/05 12:52:21 UTC

Difference between a task and a job

What is the difference between a task and a job in spark and
spark-streaming?

Regards,
Guna

Re: Difference between a task and a job

Posted by Daniel Darabos <da...@lynxanalytics.com>.

Actions trigger jobs. A job is made up of stages. A stage is made up of
tasks. Executor threads execute tasks.

Does that answer your question?

On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Guna Prasaad <gu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> What is the difference between a task and a job in spark and
> spark-streaming?
>
> Regards,
> Guna
>